Speaking of California: Oakland, aka: the Wild East (Bay), is about to become a factory town - a marijuana factory town. I guess that's one way to bring "green jobs" to the area...

Flying high their flag?

You don't say! According to a Los Angeles Times story, “Some experts say California's payroll system 'puzzle' doesn't compute: They say it should not be as hard as the controller says it is to reprogram the computer system to cut state employees' pay to the minimum wage as Schwarzenegger has demanded while there is no budget.”

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